Foldable easel mount



' July 5, 1927. v

. 1,635,030 J. A. CAMERON FOLDABLE EASEL MOUNT Filed Dec. 19, 1924 5 James Aflamer'on;

flTTORNEY INVENTOR,

Patented July 5, 1927.

n NIT ED ESTATES,

OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FOLDABLE EASEL MOUNT.

Application filed' December 19, 1924. Serial No. 757,051.

This I invention relates to foldable easel mounts. One object of the invention is to provide an improved easel mount in which the parts are relatively simple and inexpensive and yet are positively retained in their relative positions. Other. objects will hereinafter appean In the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters denote like parts throughout,+ I v Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview showing the parts of the easel mount in the easel position; i

of the device in the easel position;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the parts of the device in easel position;

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation with parts of the device folded for the sake of clearness.

This invention is asimplification and improvement of the easel shown in my prior material in the tongue 6 and by reason of Patent No. 1,396,724, granted November 15, 1921. I have found that the sliding tongue, which acts as a bracefor the flaps, in the construction shown in said patent, may be greatly simplified. I have also found that it may be modified so as to forcibly hold the parts in position. This, moreover, may be accomplished without thickening theeasel when the parts are folded up. In fact the thickness may be decreased in the pre ferred form of my invention. I

Referring to the accompanying drawing, 1 represents a picture-receiving panel comprising a front Wall 2, say of stifi cardboard, for example, and a rear wall 3, pref-' erably of springy sheet material, such as a good grade of cardboard. These two walls are joined together by any suitable adhesive. 3

At'the side edges of the picture-receiving panel 1 are provided wings 4-4. I find it convenient to form these Wings integral with the rear wall 3 of the panel. They fold against the rear face of the panel, that is, against the rear face of the rear wall 3, moving in the direction of the arrows in 4. Moreover, in the preferred form of my invention the folds 5-5 about which the side wings 4 turn are pressed down sufficiently firmly so that the side Wings 4 tend to lie nearer the rear wall than the position indicated in Fig. 4. In

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation with the parts.

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other wordsthe spring in the cardboardina I terial at the folds 5 normally tendsto force wings 4 in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 4. I i

On the rear face of the panel 1 I provide a retaining tongue 6 provided with shoulno. I

ders 7 which extend slightly toward the panel when the tongue is in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. While this tongue may be attached to the rear wall 3 in any suitable manner, I prefer to form it as an integral part of said wall, said tongue being cutout of the springy'sheet material of rear wall 3, so as to leave an upper horizontal fold 8 about which it swings. The tongue, therefore, can swing down into therecess 9,-in other words into the hole in the rear wall 3, which was made by cutting out said tongue 6. This enables the tongue to fold back into the plane of the rear wall 3 and thus provide a minimum thickness. i

By reason of the springy nature of the making only a minimum bend at 8, said tongue 6 tends to spring or swing down wardly about the fold 8 toward recess 9. In this way it tends to occupy a. position below that shown in Fig. 3. Consequently as long as the shoulders 7 engage the edges of the said wings 4, so that tongue 6 cannot.

swing downwardly, said shoulders 7 are kept forcibly in' looking engagement with said edges of side Wings 4. The springiness of the fold 8 causes a positive force to be applied by the tongue 6 against the wings 4 so as to retain them in easel position. This is a very great convenience and prevents annoying disengagement of the parts when the easel mount is in use.

In the preferred form of my invention with the wings 4 and tongue 6 tending to fold toward the rear face of the panel 1, the parts can be quickly. brought to easel posi tion by merely swinging up the tongue 6 and then letting go of it. Slanting edges 10 of the tongue cam the wings 4 outwardly as the tongue moves upwardly. Then when the tongue is released it springs down and catches the shoulders 7 against the outer edges of the side wings.

The picture 11, usually a photograph, may

be attached to the front face of the panel in any suitable or preferred manner, such as by an adhesive or the like. In the present instance Ihave illustrated the picture 11 as: detaehably held 5 in position by the eorner pockets 12.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as no and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A foldable easel mount for pietures (our prising a pietul'ea'eeeivingr panel having a front wall and a rear wall, said panel being; provided with two side Wings adupted to be swung into folded positionagainst the rear face of the panel and to be ewung into easelsupporting poe' lion atan aeute angle to the rear face 01 said panel, the material at the joints between the panel and wings lJOiHgi flexed to normally s jiril'lg the wings toward and adjacent; midi-ear face of the panel. and toward and adjacent the hereinafter mentioned shouldered tongue, s d rear wall being; provided with a shouldered tongue oi" sp ringymaterial adaptml lo nu'lng against the rear face oftltne panel. into folded ponition, and to swing-about a fixed upper horizontal :lold to bring its shoulders into e11- gagenlent with the free edges of said Wings and retail n them ineasel-supporti11g position the springolthe materialiatisaid told tending to move said tongue downward toward its said'folded position and forcibly retain said shoulders against said edges of the Wingersaidton guee iuid said wings having smooth lnCllHQtl eam edges, whereby said eas el mount may be ehanged fronv folded to easel fiposition by merelyswinging up said tongue beyond its easel position and releas- 35 innit, said SIIIUOt-h inelinei'l eam edgeeslidingrorereaeh other to rain-the win-gs apart until the parts reach easel position; said tongues having shoulders to li'inrit sacidslit il in; when the easel position is reached;

tfligned at Chicago, Illinois, thin 11th diiy of December, 1924-.

JAMES A. CAMERON"; 

